Ultraviolet (UV) Light Air Purifiers
Purify your home with a green alternative
You can purify your inside air with the same light waves that purify the air outside. This is a popular “green” alternative to other forms of air purification. Used in conjunction with your central air conditioner, UV air purifiers are an effective way to clean the air in your home.
UV purifiers use mercury vapor lamps to produce UV waves. Ultraviolet light has exactly the right amount of energy to destroy microorganisms. A UV air purifier overexposes the air to ultraviolet light, killing bacteria, fungi and other airborne microorganisms. The level of exposure is extremely harmful to these life forms but relatively safe for humans.
A UV light air purification system can be applied to your ventilation system to clean and sterilize all of the air in your home. This is very effective when used in tandem with other systems.
There are a number of benefits to this type of air purification:
- UV light is natural. This kind of air purification emits no harmful chemicals into the air and uses no unnatural chemicals in filtration or purification.
- There are no odors and no ozone emissions.
- UV purifiers are competitively priced compared to other purification units.
UV radiation is one of the most highly recommended, safest forms of air purification. The Center for Disease Control recommends UV light coupled with a HEPA filter as the most effective method of air purification. In addition, UV light is the recommended method of airborne microbial control for U.S. Government offices. The EPA recommends it for use in all government buildings.
Need more convincing?
- According to a study at Penn State University, UV light is the main reason that microbes die in outdoor air. The die-off speed is a few seconds to a few minutes for well over 90 percent of microbes in open exposure to UV.
- A study of nearly 800 employees in three separate office buildings found that work-related breathing problems were reduced by 60 percent through the use of UV. In addition, there was a 90 percent reduction of germs inside the ventilation system. The study was conducted by the Air & Waste Management Association.
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